We took the homeschooling kids to the Islamic Art Museum just now. They enjoyed themselves tremendously especially during the guided tour and the craft session conducted by the museum officer. Fantastic management they had there and of course, it gave me a break from teaching the kids. I like their well-stocked kids library too and [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 25, 2009
Those very tiny things
More often than not, they go unnoticed by us. Even worse, stepped upon or brushed off. A careful look revealed the tiny things bursting with colours, patterns, life and beauty within them. A visiting cousin once commented… ‘Gambar lalang pun you want to take ke ???’
Oh well my city dweller cousin… you may see a [...]
February 24, 2009
3 Monkeys ( and more… )
For the first time I got really this close to them. There were too many of them up the hill at the Fort in Bukit Malawati where we went to learn about the history of Selangor in Kuala Selangor ( oh duh )…adorable beings these creatures. Some of these shots taken without the zoom lens [...]
February 22, 2009
Natural Lap Lip
Pre-hari raya season is the best time for anyone to see the lampu lap-lip adorning the windows/doors/balconies/driveway of Malay houses. They come in all sorts of colours, patterns and also the way they meander all over the house, put the natural creeper plans to shame. I never liked this lampu lap-lip. Lampu colok with the [...]
February 22, 2009
About fireflies, green bottlefly and other things
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago…there was a brave warrior who was so ‘terar‘ (or invincible). He was travelling through the forest with his men and decided to stop his gang of travellers for a rest. Before he could go to sleep, a green bottlefly or what the Malays then called the [...]
February 20, 2009
Empty nest syndrome
In the most literal sense of the word, we are experiencing the empty nest syndrome right now. Not that we have grown up children who have married and left our home-we don’t even have kids of our own yet. Not that Milo has decided to move in with his Tabby girlfriend/wife/mating partner or whatever in [...]
February 20, 2009
… and a week later
…I am still alive. Carnivorous me on a meatless diet for one solid week which I never though I was able to do.
There were moments of pangs of longings especially when the advertisement for McDonald’s double beef patty burger ‘purposely’ dropped out of The Star newspaper in the morning, or passing Popeye’s Chicken on the [...]
February 18, 2009
Finally, Ukemi
Last night I finally, finally managed to do the ‘ukemi’. In my own personal definition, it is falling without being like a ‘nangka busuk‘. Falling with grace and errm, a bit of style. For the longest time, I had not been able to do it maybe because 1) I was not relaxed and hence my [...]
February 17, 2009
Of taking another ( food ) path
Somewhere in our not so distance past, as part of our spiritual (sufi-oriented) approach to our faith, that the consumption of meat, although perfectly allowed, is advised to be limited. I even read in the book of Sufi healing that during spiritual retreats or the khalwah, “ Ibn Arabi’s advice to avoid animal fat during retreats, [...]
February 17, 2009
Glory be to HIM
…for the colours and patterns and the perfectly crafted beauty in them. And for giving me eyes to see and the ability to have a camera to capture these. Glory be to HIM.
